Carleton Carpenter

Carleton Carpenter

Born: July 10, 1926
Died: January 31, 2022
in Bennington, Vermont, USA

Movies for Carleton Carpenter...

Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Title: Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).
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Three Little Words: Two Swell Guys
Title: Three Little Words: Two Swell Guys
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A short documentary on the lives of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and the making of the film, Three Little Words.
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The Prowler
Title: The Prowler
Character: 1945 M.C.
Released: November 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
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Title: The Ropers
Released: March 13, 1979
Type: TV
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spin-off of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred. The series focused on middle-aged couple Stanley and Helen Roper who were landlords to Jack, Janet, and Chrissy on Three's Company. As was the case during their time on Three's Company, opening credits for The Ropers exist with either Audra Lindley or Norman Fell credited first.
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That's Entertainment!
Title: That's Entertainment!
Character: (archive footage)
Released: June 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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Some of My Best Friends Are...
Title: Some of My Best Friends Are...
Character: Miss Untouchable
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.
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Title: The Beachcomber
Character: Jimmy Bliss
Released: February 20, 1962
Type: TV
The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
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Title: Pete and Gladys
Released: September 19, 1960
Type: TV
Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was broadcast on September 10, 1962.
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Up Periscope
Title: Up Periscope
Character: Lt. Phil Carney
Released: March 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.
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Title: The Rifleman
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
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Title: Trackdown
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this series were produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television and filmed at the Desilu-Culver Studio. The series was itself a spin-off of Powell's anthology series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Peter Brent
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Gilbert Burton
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Lady in the Dark
Title: Lady in the Dark
Character: Russell
Released: September 25, 1954
Type: Movie
The unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine is undergoing psychoanalysis.
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Take the High Ground!
Title: Take the High Ground!
Character: Merton "Tex" Tolliver
Released: October 30, 1953
Type: Movie
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he really the man he is often described as? His fellow instructor, and friend helps him to face the ghosts of his past experiences in Korea. One night in a bar across the border in Juarez, Mexico, Sgt. Ryan meets a lady who begins to turn his life around. Will this be enough to help him deal with the past? Or will he continue to be so hard on his troops?
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Lord Feathertop
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Volus Butolph
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Sky Full of Moon
Title: Sky Full of Moon
Character: Harley 'Tumbleweeds' Williams
Released: December 12, 1952
Type: Movie
A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.
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Fearless Fagan
Title: Fearless Fagan
Character: Pvt. Floyd Hilston
Released: August 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A young man brings his pet lion with him when he's drafted into the army. Comedy.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Title: The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Character: Eddie Talbot
Released: August 2, 1951
Type: Movie
A newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff of his fellow workers.
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Vengeance Valley
Title: Vengeance Valley
Character: Hewie
Released: February 14, 1951
Type: Movie
A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
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Two Weeks with Love
Title: Two Weeks with Love
Character: Billy Finlay
Released: November 10, 1950
Type: Movie
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with Patti singing at an amateur show and a dance, her adventures in quest of Armendez ends happily.
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Summer Stock
Title: Summer Stock
Character: Artie
Released: August 31, 1950
Type: Movie
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.
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Three Little Words
Title: Three Little Words
Character: Dan Healy
Released: July 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact, that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their relation.
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Party Guest / Usher With Coke (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Lost Boundaries
Title: Lost Boundaries
Character: Andy
Released: July 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors demand their expulsion from the community.